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Enhancing transport and trade linkages between and across the countries in the Bay of Bengal region requires a strategic master plan.
Experience shows affordability, adoptability, and community support are critical for catalyzing digitalization efforts in the water sector.
Light detection and ranging (LIDAR) technology can be a game changer for managing irrigation networks and raising agriculture productivity in Indonesia.
Combining market-based instruments, such as payments for ecosystem services and conditional social transfers, alleviate poverty while conserving ecosystems.
In Viet Nam, where the motorcycle is king of the road, convincing the public to support a metro rail project required a strategic communication plan.
A digital application has helped reduce marine plastic leakage by improving municipal solid waste collection.
Providing a lifeline to workers and businesses most affected by the COVID-19 crisis calls for innovative solutions, such as digital money transfers.
In Indonesia, the rural poor gave cash and in-kind contributions to improve and maintain water supply and services.
A rural electrification project in Viet Nam built mini-hydropower plants and rehabilitated distribution networks to provide affordable electricity to remote communes.
Wholesale and retail trade, textiles, construction, electronics, and food and beverage show high circularity potential.